Show off your in-wall tanks

[Demonic]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11593273#post11593273 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mrcrab
WOW...I think someone beat your mermaid with an ugly stick! :lol:

Now that was funny!!!

 

[ReefDoctorMicromussas]

This has now turned into an Ugly Mermaid Thread


One of my sons LOL

 

[erics3000]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11593273#post11593273 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mrcrab
WOW...I think someone beat your mermaid with an ugly stick! :lol:

:lol: :lol:

 

[ReefWaters]

Thanks Deepsea. Id love to see some more pics. But no pressure.

 

[Demonic]

Keep the pics coming...They are great!!!

 

[beaglelax]

Ill try to match the ugly mermaid when it gets filled but be warned im not pretting in a bathing suit

 

[erics3000]

Here is the start of my 300 in wall.

Whew I still have a lot more work ahead. I love this thread...

 

[beaglelax]

you work fast how long did that take u ? and what are you useing to vent the hot air ? im still having issues on what i want to do with the humidity and the hot air ? any advice ? is this even that big of an issue with in walls ?

 

[erics3000]

I started in July with a weekends amount of work, I left for a month. A month later I was gone for 3 weeks. Holidays and now a baby. Wheww one day I'll be done..heheeehe

Well the good thing is my 150 sump and 75 fuge are in the garage. That helps a lot with humidity. I am still going to hook up an exhaust fan for the lights. I live in Fl and am sure I will run into some colling issues. I really don't want to get a chiller because of electricity. I might do a loop in the gound with fans on the sump and have a chiller as emergency. I know I need to insulate my garage doors at least to start.

If I remeber your tank is 500, that is my total volume. The climate you live in and your lighting and sump all play bug factors. I would plan on something.

Thumbs up for a great thread. Thanks everyone for sharring

 

[kureinha]

Eric,

Nice job. The whole room looks great. Keep up the work. I'm also doing a DIY inwall design. Wow, it really does take a lot of time.

Kurt

 

[ReefDoctorMicromussas]

Looking Good Eric

 

[erics3000]

Thanks everyone. Kurt open a thread when your start yours. A lot of work time and patience and everyone here already knows $$$$$

I want to build my next tank similar to yours doc. Your tanks has been a big inspiration. Next house or maybee a few years after I have too much live stock.

 

[law086]

Guys - question about in-wall setups. When you frame, is the tank stand actually part of the wall? I'm assuming so.

And what do you do with the gap between the tank and the drywall? In theory I would suppose you want the tank as flush with the wall as possible, but it doesn't seem possible to make it 100% flush.

 

[muzzy]

my separating wall is brick, so the tank base sits across this and flush with the wall

if you have a stud/plasterboard wall then obviously this wont take the weight, so if you wanted the tank flush with the wall you would need to build the tank stand into the stud wall

 

[Jutta]

Here is my 180g

And here is one "before" shot, before i changed the frame

 

[mrcrab]

I like the new one, very modern look.

 

[erics3000]

Bump for a cool thread

 

[ReefEnabler]

amazing pictures guys!!

SunnyX, love the composition of your display. love how its not an overabundance of coral specimens but rather a great display of a few dominant species.

tom obrecht, I'd kill to have a display tank visible from all those rooms! the openness of your house is great. my house is open but unfortunately the dining room (where the display goes) is not as open as the rest.

ricks, your tank makes me reconsider my DSB 'nuff said

muzzy I love how your couch is right under the tank. I hope that one day I accidentally pass my drunk *** out on your couch :lol: funny but I actually have a good story about passing out drunk in the wrong place....


keepers the red room looks very swank. I hope you never invite me to play pool on that table though, as I wouldn't trust myself!

drsandfort I love the rock wall youve got going on. the super thin layers between thick layers is what sells it for me.

mrcrab, wow. your aquascape is truly unique and inspiring. youve really got an interesting sillhouette there. with the full lighting on it looks great with all the shadows hiding the undersides of the shelf rock.


reefdoctor, I love how the rockwork on your wall almost seamlessly blends with the rockwork in the tank. Ive never seen that effect before, but it fills my mind with all kinds of cool ideas!!!

redseapurpletang.... very original (to my eyes) use of light transmission. way to make use of that spillout lighting! I bet you spend alot of time on those ottomans dont you :lol: I would too!




wow didnt mean to leave out anybody but I just realized I pretty much commented on most of the thread....... I'll stop rambling now and leave it to the in-wall arists!!!!

 

[akwtampa]

Ok.. I have a question.. How do you clean the front glass on a 34" deep (front to back) tank without easy access to the front? I'm working on a 320 in-wall build, and I'm trying to decide if I will have to put access doors in the wall.. I'd much rather Not, but I can't figure out how to properly clean the tank..

Any advice?

Aaron

 

[Red Sea Purple Tang]

AKW....In my opinion, I think it will be difficult. My tank is only 24" deep, and I have access doors in the front. They don't stretch all the way across the front of the tank and I find it difficult to access the front of the tank, in the corners, that way. While my algae magnet keeps the glass clean, the corners are a bit of a challenge. Also, trying to access the bottom of the tank is also a bit of a challenge.

There are a lot of people who have made some sweet looking access panels on the front of their tanks on RC.